STEM Directory
The STEM Directory is a database of providers offering STEM enhancement and enrichment to schools and colleges locally and nationally. Teachers can easily search for shows, workshops, debates, challenges, visiting speakers and more.
Find exciting opportunities for in-class support, memorable days out, and engaging projects to motivate your students.
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It’s Only Water!… Or is it?
This exciting Science Made Simple show explores all the amazing properties of water. From heating to freezing, can you squash it, absorb it, or dissolve chemicals in it? We can use water to do all sorts of unexpected things!Be prepared to get wet, in this interactive show which may see students (and teachers) get a...Rocket Science
KS1Key Stage One - ages 5-7This show introduces the fun and fantastic forces of Rocket Science, children can explore the pushes and pulls powering balloon cars, air and chemical powered rockets.In addition to a show, you can enjoy hands-on workshops for up to 30 children, where they can build their very own...Theme Park Physics and Maths
Dear STEM Community across the UK - please help us excite our pupils about Maths, Physics and Engineering. We are designing a project around Theme Parks and Roller-coasters. Have you experience of working in this area or do you love theme parks and can apply your physics and maths knowledge to make this exciting...Submit an Article to Youth STEM Matters - Youth Led Scientific Journal
Youth STEM Matters is a youth led scientific journal, created by Youth STEM 2030 to provide a platform for young people to share their research findings, ideas and innovations with the world!We publish articles which have a real world impact, and can help solve some of the biggest global challenges, from the climate...What's the point of Maths?
This programme aims to give an answer the questions below, that are still far too commonly asked by both children and adults:“What’s the point of maths?!”&“When will I use this?!”We want to show that maths is used for a lot more than you may think, everywhere around us! We are...Dr Jo Science Solutions fun and engaging hands-on science workshops
A range of curriculum-relevant, fun and engaging hands-on science workshops for Primary schools and groups. Ideal to support and enhance your current teaching topic through individual workshops, whole school science days and careers events. Supporting you, your pupils and the curriculum.Workshops include:Fizzing...Ben Sparks - Mathematician, Musician, Speaker
Ben works part time with the Advanced Maths Support Programme (AMSP), based at the University of Bath, as a speaker, tutor and co-ordinator, and part time as a freelance maths enrichment speaker around the UK – including the Maths Inspiration project run by Rob Eastaway.He regularly gives talks and...Robogals - Lego Robotics workshops
Robogals is a global charity which was founded in Australia with the aim of encouraging more young girls to take up STEM subjects. Each chapter is run solely by university students - for instance our London chapter is based at Imperial College London and our volunteers are Imperial students.Usually throughout the term...Practical science workshops in secondary schools
All our workshops support the overall aim of the Curriculum to pay attention to objectivity and concern for accuracy, precision, repeatability and reproducibility.understand that scientific methods and theories develop as earlier explanations are modified to take account of new evidence and ideas.evaluate...Techniquest workshops
Techniquest has an extensive education programme. Our activities enrich the curriculum and all have been developed to be engaging and enthuse pupils about STEM.Full details of our programmes can be found www.techniquest.org/educationPages
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The Royal Institution runs two enrichment and enhancement grant schemes. Grants of up to £500 are available to UK-registered state schools to host a STEM activity selected from the STEM Directories.
There are a number of other organisations that offer grants to schools.
About STEM Directory
The STEM Directory contains searchable activities that enhance STEM teaching in schools and colleges. Teachers can search for shows, workshops, debates, challenges, visiting speakers and more.
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Providers: add an activity
If you provide shows, talks, workshops, challenges, museum visits, teacher CPD or other enrichment and enhancement activities that help promote STEM to schools and colleges, then you may be eligible to feature in the STEM Directory.
Please use the link below to register and submit an activity.